Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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